lavapies - 11:34 am on Sep 25, 2002 (gmt 0)

Doesn't this all boil down to whether or not web searches should be localised, and whether it's techically possible to do so?

Assuming that a COM domain is hosted in the US is a little silly no?

All websites should be aloud to compete on an even playing field. I mean hey, I can't even comete in my locality the way the UK specific searches have been setup, which is a little absurd.

I can see that occasionally people may want to try and narrow their search by locality, but the current systems in place for judging where a website serves are totally inadeqaute.

Judging a site's location by IP and domain extension do not even come close to achieving the objective, which is to show websites that "serve" a particular region, not that are physically located in that region.

Just my tuppence worth